ATCC? Number:VR-396?
Classification: Bunyaviridae, Orthobunyavirus
Agent: Bunyamwera virus deposited as Maguari virus
Strain: BE Ar 7272
Original Source: Mixed mosquito pool, adult female, Belem, Para, Brazil, 1957
Depositors: RE Shope
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : suckling mouse; chicken embryo; BHK-21(C-13) cells (ATCCCCL-10)
Incubation : Duration: 2-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: causes death in host animal
References : 24581: Causey CE, et al. The isolation of arthropod-borne viruses, including members of two hitherto undescribed serological groups, in the Amazon region of Brazil. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 10: 227-249, 1961. PubMed: 13691675 24609: Casals J, Whitman L. A new antigenic group of arthropod-borne viruses: the Bunyamwera group. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 9: 73-77, 1960. PubMed: 13808111